The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This important concept is emerging as a key ingredient of a mindful and fashionable lifestyle, impacting both the makers and users of home textiles. What is Recycled Polyester? Recycled polyester is made from discarded plastic bottles, not just reducing plus-based waste but also conserving precious resources.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 5, 2020

Located in Gujarat, India, this boutique shop designed by Manoj Patel Design Studio is completely made out of recycled materials. A custom arrangement of earth-toned waste clay tiles adds texture and a dramatic effect to the walls by resembling old-fashioned floor and ceiling interiors.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 8, 2020

The post Fashion & Fabric: From Sustainable to Harmful appeared first on Unsustainable. Sustainable Fabric: Not all fabrics are created equal, especially as regards the costs of production and disposal to the environment and to human health.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 25, 2022

The new shoes feature an upcycled upper with a breathable Gore-Tex waterproof membrane and Three Stripes Boost technology with responsive cushioning that provides bounce-back energy return as you walk. Meanwhile, the upcycled parts use leftover materials from past product drops. Adidas Images via Adidas.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

designer Maddie Williams has recently launched a sustainable puffer jacket after winning the Redress Design Award 2019, one of the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competitions. Redress winner launches puffer jacket made of upcycled materials. The jacket now retails in over 100 stores in China. View original post here:Â .

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This fall, online retailer ASOS is launching its first collection of circular fashions. A collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Fashion , the 29 women’s, men’s and unisex styles aim to prove that eco-friendly clothing can also be chic. Instead of waste, ASOS aims to create an endless series of new fashions.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

High-profile deployments have included its use to convert carbon emissions into fabrics used in the fashion industry , and to convert MSW into useful fuels and chemicals. Today we continue our journey to show the world that recycled carbon is a resource rather than a liability,” says Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech. “As

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Award-winning design studio OPENUU has joined forces with RIL CREED, a sustainable handbag fashion brand, to create two collections for home and lifestyle using upcycled genuine Italian leather. The two companies came together for the project after realizing the negative impact that fashion waste has on the environment.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

BusinessGreen gets a behind-the-scenes look at the fast fashion company's new green range. A growing band of major fashion retailers have pledged to achieve net zero emissions and overhaul their design and manufacturing processes to make the notoriously resource intensive industry more sustainable.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As luxury fashion brands adapt and survive in the "new normal," they can drive a renewed vision of the luxury business that demonstrates how to decouple volume growth from value growth. Showrooms and fashion weeks have gone digital. Meanwhile, digitization is accelerating efficiency and agility. Circular Economy. Collective Insight.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 26, 2020

The fashion industry deserves a harsh slap on the wrist for how its manufacturing impacts the environment. ” Native’s Remix Project aims to provide a return method for all Native-produced shoes so consumers can easily send them back to the company, where they are then recycled into other products for the community.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Inside the world’s first VR circular fashion summit: 4 key takeaways Lilian Liu Wed, 10/14/2020 – 01:30 COVID-19 has radically accelerated the need for the fashion industry to innovate. The second edition of the Circular Fashion Summit bears fruit of this new socially distanced reality. Attendee avatars can be seen.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Who doesn’t love a good fashion contest? The Redress Design Award is using competition to shine a spotlight on sustainable fashion and make eco-friendly style something that all designers strive to achieve. Through events like this, Redress hopes to raise awareness about the waste crisis happening in fashion.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

While textiles and fashion are responsible for between 4% – 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, WRAP finds the average UK adult has 118 items of clothing in their wardrobes of which one quarter (26% – 31 items) were unworn for at least a year. A fashion revolution could help clothe the nation sustainably, says WRAP.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Related: Adidas 100% recycled jacket is solving plastic pollution PANGEA’s Eco-Jacket is made from 100% recycled materials. Rather than requiring virgin plastics, the garment uses 56 recycled plastic bottles. Even the zipper pulls are made from recycled materials. of trash from rivers, and 68 lbs.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

So it makes sense that a name like Surfrider is a perfect match with #Tide Ocean and the fashion company MVMT. Well established with a complete supply chain in place, #Tide upcycles ocean waste into a material many businesses have discovered and incorporated into their products. View post:Â .

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 17, 2020

Sometimes, being disruptive is fashionable. As for Archivist, a sustainable clothing company, its business plan counts on being disruptive in the name of fashion and corporate responsibility. The answer inspired a campaign to turn used bedding into sustainable fashion. Archivist Photography by Arturo Bamboo via Archivist.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 12, 2021

Because concrete itself comes from natural resources, it is important to choose a concrete brand that doesn’t over extract these raw mineral resources and instead finds ways to recycle components and operate in a more sustainable fashion. straw, recycled plastics, etc.). UpCycle – Austin, Texas.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 15, 2020

TikTokers aren’t just young, fashionable and good at lip-synching and skits. Eco-themed hashtags like “moss”, “ biodiversity ”, “zero waste” and “sustainable fashion” have gained millions of views. diysustainability #upcycle #diy #tshirtupcycle #sustainability #diysustainability #lesswaste #fyp ?

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 29, 2020

Related: This jewelry is made with upcycled gold from Dell computers Sustainable practices have always been at the heart of the company. All items are packaged using eco-friendly filler that is reusable and recyclable. Perhaps the most notable nod to the planet is the company’s dedication to using only recycled gems.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2022

As well as green service changes to Google Maps, Flights and Hotels, a new upgrade to Google Business Profiles enables firms to promote the recycling facilities they offer, explains Google's EMEA president Matt Brittin. Across the world, people are voting with their feet for sustainable choices.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

New fashion house Valani has launched its debut collection of biodegradable separates and dresses inspired by “light living.” The fashion brand has designed its pieces to reflect sustainability, with soft styles that can be worn throughout the year — regardless of season.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

These are: food systems, the built environment, fashion and textile, electronics, and packaging. One of those enterprises is Ecopost, which has upcycled 5 million kilograms of plastic waste into building materials and created over 2,000 jobs for youth and women.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

New fashion house Valani has launched its debut collection of biodegradable separates and dresses inspired by “light living.” The fashion brand has designed its pieces to reflect sustainability, with soft styles that can be worn throughout the year — regardless of season.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2020

A jolt in this direction came overnight as COVID-19 drove people indoors, forcing many to rethink how they reduce, reuse or recycle items they took for granted only weeks earlier. There’s got to be a better design solution to address end of life, how [products] can easily be refurbished, upcycled and disassembled.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2021

Petite Lucette Launches a Sustainable and Circular Fashion Brand . Launched in 2014, Petite Lucette is a sustainable and circular fashion brand founded by French sisters, Anaïs and Clémence. Petite Lucette further combats the plastic crisis by shipping orders in recyclable boxes with recycled tissue paper.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Related: 17 easy ways to upcycle worn out sweaters “We don’t want to stop people dressing up and having a great time at Christmas, but there are so many ways to do this without buying new,” Sarah Divall, the project coordinator at Hubbub, told The Guardian. Hubbub Via The Guardian Image via Shutterstock.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Related: Tokyo’s Olympic medals will be made from recycled phones According to the designers, the complex’s solar roof will be one of France’s largest solar farms and will cover 25% of all required electricity consumption, equivalent to 200 homes. The center also utilizes upcycled furniture in its design.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

This spent grain mix is low carb, high protein , contains lots of fiber and uses recycled grains. The laces are made from recycled plastic bottles, the insoles use castor bean oil and even the shipping boxes are made from 90% recycled cardboard. Spent grain pancakes Everybody has to eat, and anybody sane likes a good pancake.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

The World Needs a More Sustainable Fashion Industry. Sustainable fashion is our only option. The future of our planet, maintaining adequate resources, and protecting human rights all depend on our toxic fashion industry evolving to a more sustainable and circular fashion industry. Demand for Sustainable Fashion.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

‘Style it out with second-hand’ is the message from Zero Waste Scotland as, so the group says, the movement against fast fashion appears to be growing across the country. The Scottish Government-funded advisory body said Scottish shoppers increasingly recognise the threat of fast fashion and are thereby prioritising shopping second-hand.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Online fashion retailer has trained its designers in making its clothing and jewellery more sustainable, recyclable and reusable. Where possible, the company is also encourang the use 'upcycle' of techniques that reuse old products to create "something new".

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 6, 2020

Specifically, the Garbage Watch upcycles electronic waste such as motherboards and scrap computer parts and turns them into a functional watch. ” Of course, the Garbage Watch design tackles more than just recycling e-waste; it’s about function as well as fashion. ” + Vollebak Images via Vollebak/Sun Lee.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sustainable fashion became material. Fashion is another long-simmering environmental story that has finally reached a boiling point. In 2020, several new developments help put sustainability in fashion. Adidas and H&M Group teamed up for a project to recycle old garments and fibers into new items for major brands.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 24, 2020

The Terrex Free Hiker Parley shoes are constructed using a sustainable combination of the company’s Boost technology and Parley for the Oceans’ recycled plastic material. This is the first in Adidas’ Terrex Free Hiker collection to incorporate Parley Ocean Plastic yarn, which is made from upcycled plastic waste collected from coastal areas.

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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

Global fashion brand today unveiled a selection of products as part of its Spring/Summer 2020 collection, which deploy the latest sustainable materials. The new products mark a major milestone in towards the company's goal to achieve 100 per cent recycled, recyclable, or bio-based materials in both its products and packaging by 2030. "At

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As luxury fashion brands adapt and survive in the “new normal,” they can drive a renewed vision of the luxury business that demonstrates how to decouple volume growth from value growth. Showrooms and fashion weeks have gone digital. Meanwhile, digitization is accelerating efficiency and agility.

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